What is the first thing to be used with milk?
Farinaceous food in some form, usually as a gruel.
How are these gruels made?
They may be made directly from the grains or from some of the prepared flours (page 149). The flours are usually to be preferred as being more simple of preparation.
How should they be used in making the food?
They should be cooked separately, rather than with the milk; when the food is mixed, they take the place of a portion of the water in the formulas given on pages 70 and 71.
How much of the gruel should be used?
If it is prepared as recommended on page 149, it may make according to circumstances from one sixth to one half the total quantity of food.
Which of the farinaceous foods are to be preferred?
Those most used are barley, oatmeal, arrowroot, and farina. There is not much difference in their nutritive value; oatmeal gruel is somewhat more laxative.